The RPC code generator in Samba 3.x before 3.4.16, 3.5.x before 3.5.14, and 3.6.x before 3.6.4 does not implement validation of an array length in a manner consistent with validation of array memory allocation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPC call.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2450-1 samba security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1423-1 Samba vulnerability
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078258.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078726.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078836.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080567.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00009.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00014.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951282306605&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134323086902585&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48751 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48754 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48816 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48818 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48844 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48873 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48879 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/48999 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.collax.com/produkte/AllinOne-server-for-small-businesses#id2565578 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2450 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:055 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.samba.org/samba/history/samba-3.6.4.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026913 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1423-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1182 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1182 cve-icon
https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2012-1182 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.76765}

epss

{'score': 0.76396}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:53:36.132Z

Reserved: 2012-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1182

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-04-10T21:55:02.203

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-1182

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2012-04-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1182 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses